Buying advice needed

josysclei · Feb 11, 2014

So, I live in Brazil and hardware is damn expensive here. Just to put the prices in perspective, the minimum wage is around $300. That said, I'm thinking in upgrading my gear and entering the overclocking world. I'm currently between the i5-4670k and the i7-4770k. The primary use will be gaming. I'm also unsure if a GTX 770 is the best choice GPU wise. Since I can't afford to upgrade very often, I need a reasonable gear that can last for a few years. Here are the prices:

i5-4670k - $312
i7-4770k - $460

GTX 770 - $470
GTX 760 - $375
GTX 780 - $750

davcon · Feb 11, 2014

You will not need the i7 for gaming the i5 will be fine.
Go for the GTX 770 it's a noticeable improvement over the 760.

rvilkman · Feb 11, 2014

Looking at those prices the GTX770 is well suited for you. You won't see enough benefit at least at the moment going from 4670k to 4770k to warrant the 50% increase in price. And definitely the $300 increase for GTX780 is far too much.

So i5 4670K and GTX770 is a good way to go forward.

smorizio · Feb 11, 2014

if your not going to sli or over clock you can save some money using a h87 atx mb and a 4570 cpu. if you can wait a little nvidia is starting to roll out there newer maxwell gpu. also later in the year intel is doing there haswell cpu refresh.

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